Ejjoud Abdessamad

Ejjoud Abdessamad was a Moroccan Islamic State sympathizer who, along with Rachid Afatti and Ouziad Younes, took part in the killing and beheading of two young Scandinavian women (24-year-old Dane Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland) as they travelled through a remote part of the country's Atlas Mountains on 17 December 2017. On 21 December, the perpetrators were detained for their roles in the murders.